Referenda

Expressing concerns about the prospect of voters facing requests for two bond sales on the Nov. 4 ballot, officials at the Wilmette Park District said Monday that they have decided to postpone until 2015 a request to borrow $14 million to pay for lakeshore improvements. Last week, the New Trier Township High School District 203 Board of Education unanimously approved putting a request for an $89 million bond sale on the Nov. 4 ballot, a measure that will ask voters to approve borrowing money to pay for a renovation of the aging Winnetka campus. The borrowed money likely would be repaid through a 1.7 percent increase in homeowners' property taxes, New Trier officials have said. Had...

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